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Knives Out and Ocean's 8 meets The Nest in this hilariously twisty novel by award-winning author HelenKay Dimon, about a woman who returns home from prison to her dysfunctional con artist family and tries to get them to go legit.
One day a con man met an heiress, wooed her, married her, had two kids...and kept on conning. Jillian Moorewood is the oldest child from that meet-cute-gone-wrong marriage. The stable one. The
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Her latest novel, Constance, is a powerful story of a woman's anguished reckoning with her past. Constance Thorne was a foundling, left by her mother within days of her birth. Decades later, she leads a happy, independent life in Bali, but when she hears the news that her sister Jeanette is dying, the last thing she wants is to return to London. As a child, Connie was aware only of the differences between herself and her sister, yet they both fell...
83) Karma
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Elston Amos grew up in the corrupt streets of Baltimore City by a single father, he worked hard to obtain success and status, and along the way, he has made a few enemies. After a night of drinking and celebrating, his future takes a deadly twist and turns to murder. He is torn between turning himself in to the law, going, or leaving the scene. A witness by the name of Brenda Vander walks out of the shadows of darkness with a scheme to help Elston...
84) Forbidden Places
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Forbidden Places is Penny Vincenzi¹s 8th riveting family drama and is about love and marriage, families and secrets, and about wartime and what it does to every accepted social value.
85) Home
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A #1 bestseller in India: Three generations of Delhi shopkeepers confront a changing world. Home tells the story of Banwari Lal and his family, merchants in one of the oldest districts of Delhi. An immigrant from Pakistan, Banwari Lal believes in fate, faith, and hard work. He comes to India after the Partition and opens a sari business. His daughter is given away into an arranged marriage, with tragic consequences. His eldest son is determined to...
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The first in an emotional and unforgettable wartime family saga, perfect for fans of Val Wood, Nadine Dorries or Rosie Goodwin1917. The First World War is casting its shadow over the Harvey family of Ford Farm. One brother has already been killed, and Tristan now serves at the Front. Though newly engaged to pretty Emilia Rowse – a friend since childhood – younger brother Ben is desperate to serve his country. But a horrific eye injury causes him...
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Rosie Thomas, "a master storyteller" (Cosmopolitan) has been enrapturing readers, earning awards, and garnering critical praise for more than three decades. Here, she offers a breathtaking look at marriage and relationships, with 'the five families' †" the pleasantly hospitable Frosts, the brash and sexy Cleggs, flirtatious Jimmy Rose and aloof Star, maternal Vicky and reliable Gordon Ransome, Michael Wickham and his perfect wife Marcelle....
88) Fade out
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Desde su nacimiento los oÃdos de Kumiku emiten música. Asà como otros se sonrojan, rÃen o lloran, las emociones de Kumiku se expresan en clásicos que su cuerpo emite sin control. Temas de Caetano Veloso, Stevie Wonder, Charly GarcÃa, Luis Miguel, Sinéad O'Connor, Marvin Gaye, Floreal Ruiz, los Sex Pistols, los Bee Gees o Luis Alberto Spinetta. La banda sonora de su vida parece no tener fin. Y es dentro de ese mundo de canciones y afinidades...
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This ebook bundle offers three gritty urban tales by William Kowalski. In The Barrio Kings, Rosario Gomez struggles to stay out of the gang life that killed his brother while finishing his high school diploma and preparing for the birth of his first son. But when his old friend Juan gets out of jail, his past returns to haunt him. In The Way It Works, A young bi-racial man who suddenly finds himself homeless, struggles to maintain his dignity and...
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La literatura es, ni más ni menos, una casa llena de gente, o al menos lo es para Leila, traductora y escritora frustrada para quien el tiempo se organiza en y para los libros. Sin embargo, su vida es bastante más compleja: ha de enfrentarse a las demandas de lo doméstico y de una madre de lo más exigente, la temible Granny, orgullosa inglesa de nacimiento, pragmática y criticona. Y luego está el castello que da forma a una trama que avanza...
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The House of Remember When focuses on a middle-aged man, Neil Moreland, who is dealing with a broken marriage, a boring job, and an estranged father suffering from dementia. Written in first-person narrative, the story weaves significant life events into his present-day problems as Neil attempts to put his life and family back together. From the beginning, Neil is drawn to an old abandoned home that turns out to be a time portal that allows him to...
92) Jan's Families
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A widow discovers that there are many definitions of the word family.
It takes her a few years, but Jan succeeds in making a new life for herself after her husband dies and she loses the hair salon she has owned and operated for over twenty years. With the help and support of her long-time employees, who have become close friends, she finds rewarding work, and becomes part of a new family,
Years of often painful, but eventually successful, treatment...
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A parable concerning love and integrity, infidelity and death, soon afterward devastation the forerunner for a new life. Revolving to show a fable of heart-wrenching determination. Rudy, being a man of substance and loyalty. Compassion his poorest tribute.
A Story illustrating: For marriage, loyalty and truth are relative but quite sadly not simultaneous. This allegation indicating that conception at times misdirects happiness when commitment...
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"Master storyteller" (Cosmopolitan) Rosie Thomas returns with an affecting novel of the complexities of family and the sacrifices we make for the ones we love. Sadie's life is calm and complete. She is a mother, a good friend, and the robust survivor of a marriage she deliberately left behind. She has come to believe that she has everything she wants and deserves. But now her father is dying-the elusive man who spent his life creating exquisite perfumes...
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From the author of Inheriting Edith comes a brave new novel about the intersection of art and grief after the tragic loss of her own husband in 2017.
Mia used to be fun. She was the class clown; a member of the mile high club; the mom who made her sons giggle with her bad British accent and well-placed tickles.
But three years after the death of her husband, there's no time for that. She's the only parent they have.
Now,
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For years, Chelsea Maynard has longed to be a mother. She's imagined caring for a new baby in the lovely house she shares with her husband, Leo, fondly planning every detail. But after a difficult birth, those dreams of blissful bonding evaporate. Chelsea battles sleep deprivation and feelings of isolation. Little Annabelle cries constantly, and Chelsea has dark visions fueled by exhaustion and self-doubt. Her sister, Emma, insists she gets help for...
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A New York TimesNotable Book: An "ingeniously plotted" tale of tragedy, comedy, and small-town gossip (The New York Times Book Review).
The quiet English town of Ennistone is known for its peaceful, relaxing spa—a haven of restoration, rejuvenation, and calm. Until the night George McCaffrey's car plunges into the cold waters of the canal, carrying with it his wife, Stella. And until the village's most celebrated...
The quiet English town of Ennistone is known for its peaceful, relaxing spa—a haven of restoration, rejuvenation, and calm. Until the night George McCaffrey's car plunges into the cold waters of the canal, carrying with it his wife, Stella. And until the village's most celebrated...
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An NPR Great Read: This novel about bipolar disorder and one man’s journey through the world is a “convincing portrait of mental illness” (Entertainment Weekly).
This tour-de-force novel takes us inside the restless mind, ravaged heart, and anguished soul of Greyson Todd—a successful Hollywood studio executive who leaves his wife and young daughter for a decade to travel the globe,...
This tour-de-force novel takes us inside the restless mind, ravaged heart, and anguished soul of Greyson Todd—a successful Hollywood studio executive who leaves his wife and young daughter for a decade to travel the globe,...
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IL: UG - BL: 5.8 - AR Pts: 15
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Millie Price deals with her lovable but introverted dad, her drama club rival, Oliver, and her "Millie Moods," the feelings of intense emotion that threaten to overwhelm, but when an accidentally left-open browser brings Millie to her dad's embarrassingly moody LiveJournal, Millie knows she must find her mom.
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The wise and charming international bestseller and hit Japanese movie-about a young woman who loses everything but finds herself-a tale of new beginnings, romantic and family relationships, and the comfort that can be found in books.
Twenty-five-year-old Takako has enjoyed a relatively easy existence-until the day her boyfriend Hideaki, the man she expected to wed, casually announces he's been cheating on her and is marrying the other woman. Suddenly,...
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